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Six example sentences with felony, each labelled with its topic.
A felony conviction follows a person into every job application, long after the sentence itself has been served.
Law
The bill would reclassify the offense from a felony to a misdemeanor, cutting the maximum penalty by four years.
Politics
Falsifying the shipping manifests turned a paperwork shortcut into a felony, and two managers surrendered their professional licenses.
Business
Insider trading became a felony in that jurisdiction in 1988, and the first conviction came only two years later.
Finance
Accessing a hospital's network without permission is a felony there, even when the intruder changes nothing.
Technology
In eighteenth century England, stealing a sheep was a felony, and the assize records list dozens of such cases.
History
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